LOWELL -- A Lowell man is facing accusations that he appeared naked in front of his neighbors for the second time in less than a year -- and this time police say he exposed himself to children.

Brian Burke, 53, of 22 Pleasant St., Unit 2, was arrested after police were called to his home Friday night about 8:30 p.m., for a report that a "completely naked" man left his apartment and started yelling at a group of children.

Witnesses identified Burke as the man who was outside naked, according to police.

Burke was charged with open and gross lewdness.

One neighbor, whose name is being withheld because Burke's alleged crimes are sex offenses, said the children Burke exposed himself to on Friday ranged from 3 to 12 years old. Her son was among those children.

Burke was arrested on the same charge on Oct. 8, 2012, after he allegedly appeared naked in front of two women in a common area of his apartment building.

Police say Burke slammed his head into a prisoner transport wagon and kicked a police officer, bringing him additional charges of assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.

Two neighbors, both of whom asked not to be named, said residents have seen Burke outside naked before.

"It's a problem," said a 25-year-old woman who was on Pleasant Street on Saturday afternoon.

The neighbor, whose son saw Burke on Friday night, said her son is now scared to go outside.

"I explained to him that someone like that shouldn't be living here.

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I don't want him to be afraid to go into his yard," she said. "He's afraid the guy will come back outside. I had to tell him it's not his fault."

That woman said she has been in touch with the manager of Burke's apartment building in the past, but that Burke continues to live there.

"Enough is enough already," she said.

The woman confirmed an account provided in a police report that said neighbors began to applaud when Burke was arrested Friday night.

"After he had his fit, everyone was clapping because it's been going on and on and it's just getting worse," she said.

Burke was released on bail Saturday morning. He was to be arraigned in Lowell District Court today.

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